Shloka 10

सुपर्णागमनम्

Garuda’s Arrival and the Release from the Serpent-Arrow Bond

Devanagari script

शीघ्रमेतान् सुसन्त्रस्तान्बहुधाविप्रधावितान् ।पर्यवस्थापयाख्याहिविभीषणमुपस्थितम् ।।6.50.10।।

Transliteration

śīghram etān su-santrastān bahudhā vipradhāvitān |

paryavasthāpaya ākhyāhi vibhīṣaṇam upasthitam ||

Translation

„Halt sie schnell auf, diese zutiefst Erschrockenen, die in viele Richtungen auseinanderlaufen. Ruf sie zurück und verkünde, dass Vibhīṣaṇa hier eingetroffen ist.“

Word by Word

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय; adverb

• एतान्: these (ones)
• एतान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; Pronoun, Masculine, Accusative plural

• सुसन्त्रस्तान्: very frightened
• सुसन्त्रस्तान्: Karma-dharma (कर्मधर्म/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + सं + त्रस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; past participle used adjectivally “very frightened” (qualifies एतान्)

• बहुधा: in many directions
• बहुधा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahudhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb “in many ways/directions”

• विप्रधावितान्: fleeing about
• विप्रधावितान्: Karma-dharma (कर्मधर्म/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + प्र + धाव् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; past participle used adjectivally “scattered/running about” (qualifies एतान्)

• पर्यवस्थापय: restrain/settle (them)
• पर्यवस्थापय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + अव + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative, 2nd person singular; causative sense “make them stand/settle”

• आख्याहि: tell/announce
• आख्याहि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative, 2nd person singular

• विभीषणम्: Vibhishana
• विभीषणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative singular

• उपस्थितम्: who has come/present
• उपस्थितम्: Karma-dharma (कर्मधर्म/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; past participle “present/arrived” (qualifies विभीषणम्)

Context

"Call them back who are running in different directions quickly. Tell them Vibheeshana has come here."

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Vānara troops

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma in leadership includes preventing unjust suspicion and mob panic; order and truthful communication (“Vibhīṣaṇa has come”) protect the innocent and preserve right action.

What is the narrative situation?

The Vānara army flees in confusion; Sugrīva commands that they be restrained and informed of Vibhīṣaṇa’s arrival.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sugrīva’s decisiveness and commitment to orderly, truthful command.